Which of the following was NOT an impediment to industrialization on the Continent?
a. Customs barriers made transportation of goods expensive
b. Continental businessmen were less enterprising than British.
c. Poor roads and difficulty with transportation.
d. Establishment of technical schools to train mechanics and engineers.
e. Businessmen were less willing to take risks in investments.
d
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Wars like the ones in Vietnam and Afghanistan demonstrated that
A) the superpowers could never be at peace. B) there would always be sphere of influence in the world where the superpowers would be at conflict. C) there would be wars that the superpowers could not win against a strong nationalist and guerrilla-type opposition. D) warfare in the world would be incessant. E) there could never be a military conflict between the superpowers.
By the end of 1980, 80% of Poland's workers had joined a labor union called “Solidarity”, founded by the electrician _________.
a. Wojciech Jaruzelski. b. Erich Honecker. c. Vaclav Havel. d. Lech Walesa.
Migrants to British colonies in the Americas who paid for passage by agreeing to work for a set term ranging from four to seven years were called:
a. Black slave labor. b. Amerindian slave labor. c. Indentured servants. d. The mita and encomienda. e. The chinampa system.
In what respects was the fourteenth century a period of hope and optimism?
What will be an ideal response?